Candy-cutting machine



G. K. BAINBRIDGE.

CANDY CUTTING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FlLED APR. 5. 1920.

Patented Feb. 15,1921.

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GEORGE K. BAINBRIDGE, OF RIPON, CALIFORNIA.

oenmccurrme MACHINE.

Application filed April 5, 1920. Serial No. 371,232.

I '0 all 207mm it may concern Be it known that l, Gnoncn K. Bernnnrnon, a citizen of the United States, res ding at Ripon, is the county of sanJoaquin, State of California, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Candy- Cutting Machines; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the characters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this application.

This invention relates to improvements in candy cutting machines, and particularly to that type shown in Letters Patent No. 1,303,151, granted me the 6th day of May, 1919.

The principal object of the present invention is to heat the cutting element and provide a means for keeping the same at a uniform temperature while in operat1on, so that it may more readily pass through and cut off the plastic candy material as it is sues from the press.

By doing so, I have found that the candy material will not have the tendency to ad here to the cutting element that it does when the latter is cold.

Another object is to provide a means for heating the cutting element alone, and not the parts to which it is connected.

A further object of the invention is to produce a simple and inexpensive device, and yet one which will be exceedingly effective for the purposes for which it is designed.

These objects I accomplish by means of such structure and relative arrangement of parts as will fully appear by a perusal of the following specification and claim.

In the drawings similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the several views.

Figure 1 isa fragmentary side elevation of my candy cutting machine, showing the arrangement for electrically heating the cutting element.

Fig. 2 is a fragmentary top plan now of the same. 7

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary section showlng the insulated mounting of the cutting element.

Referring now more particularly to the characters of reference on the drawings, the numeral 1 denotes the frame of the machine to which is secured the candy press 2, hava mounted in bearings 5 ing suitably operated means for forcing the candy material therefrom through a tubular outlet 3.

Positioned certain distance from the outlet 3 and transversely thereof is a shaft rotated by any su table means, such as a chain-drive 6.

Fixed to the shaft l are arms 7, one on each side of the outlet, between which arm is fixed a wire 8 or other suitable cutting element.

()ne end of this cutting element passes through an insulation bushing 9 in the cor responding arm.

From this end of the cutting member a conductor 10 leads to a metal collar 11 mounted on an insulation bushing 12 on the shaft 4, both collar and bushing being fixed to the shaft.

A brush 13 contacts constantly with the collar 11, being mounted to a bearing 5 and insulated therefrom. From the brush aconductor 1% leads to a low-voltage battery 15 or other source of electrical energy.

Thus with the rotation of the shaft, an electrical current flows through the cutting element 8, which is of a metal offering resistance to the passage of the current, and hence becomes heated, the degree of heat desired being predetermined and the strength of the current being regulated accordingly.

The current then passes to the ground through the arm at the opposite end of the cutting element from the conductor 10, and through the framework of the machine, which, being of much greater area than the cutter, do not become heated.

From the foregoing description it will be readily seen that I have produced such a device as substantially fulfils the object of the invention as set forth herein.

While this specification sets forth in detail the present and preferred construction of the device still in practice such deviations from such detail may be resorted to as do not form a. departure from the spirit of the invention, as defined by the appended claim.

Having thus described my invention what I claim as new and useful and desire to secure by Letters Patent is In combination with a plastic candy material press having an outlet, a cutting element adapted to pass adjacent the outlet to cut the product issuing therefrom, a rotatable shaft, arms fixed to the shaft and to which the cutting element is secured, a, collar on the Shaft and insulated therefrom, a conductor from the cutting element to the 5 collar, said cutting element being insulated from its holding arm at that end, and a brush constantly contacting with the collar,

said brush being in circuit with a source of electrical energy and the shaft being grounded therewith. 10 In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

enonen 1s. BAINBRlDGE. 

